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Economics : a student's guide / John Beardshaw.

By: Beardshaw, John.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Pitman, 1989Edition: 2nd ed.Description: [640] p. : ill ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0273030132 (pbk).Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330
Contents:
1. Introduction -- Economics and the economy: an overview -- 2. The microeconomic system -- II. Markets and prices -- III. The theory of distribution -- IV. The market assessed: welfare economics -- 3. Macroeconomics -- V. The determination of national income -- VI. Monetary theory and practice -- VII. International economics -- VIII. Problems and policies.
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Bibliography: (pages 649-650) and index.

1. Introduction -- Economics and the economy: an overview -- 2. The microeconomic system -- II. Markets and prices -- III. The theory of distribution -- IV. The market assessed: welfare economics -- 3. Macroeconomics -- V. The determination of national income -- VI. Monetary theory and practice -- VII. International economics -- VIII. Problems and policies.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • Section 1 Economics and the Economy: An Overview
  • 1 Introduction: What is Economics about?
  • 2 Mathematical techniques in economics
  • 3 The economic problem: resources and their explanation
  • 4 Demography
  • 5 The basis of the market economy
  • 6 The mixed economy
  • 7 National Income: The microeconomic system
  • Section 2 Markets and Prices
  • 8 The price system
  • 9 Demand and utility
  • 10 Elasticities of demand & supply
  • 11 Markets in movement
  • 12 Agricultural prices: a case study
  • 13 The business organisation: its type, size and location
  • 14 Competition and profits
  • 15 Cost in the short run and the long run
  • 16 Competitive supply
  • 17 Price and output under imperfect competition
  • 18 Aspects of monopoly
  • Section 3 The Thoery of Distribution
  • 19 The pricing of productive factors
  • 20 The determination of wages
  • 21 Rent
  • 22 Capital and interest
  • 23 Enterprise and profit
  • Section 4 Applied Microeconomics
  • 24 An introduction to welfare economics
  • 25 Market failure
  • 26 The privatisation debate
  • 27 The economics of the environment
  • 28 Transport and the economy
  • 29 The public sector
  • 30 Taxes and benefits
  • Section 5 The Determination of National Income
  • 31 Keynesian macroecoonmics
  • 32 Consumption, savings and investment
  • 33 The Keynesian aggregate model
  • 34 Aggregate demand and supply
  • 35 Fluctuations in the level of economic activity
  • Section 6 Money, Prices and National Income
  • 36 Money and prices
  • 37 Financial systems and monetary policy
  • 38 Money and national income
  • Section 7 International Economics
  • 39 The gains of international trade
  • 40 The balance of payments
  • 41 Exchange rates
  • 42 International institutions
  • Section 8 Problems and Policies
  • 43 School of thought and policy
  • 44 The control of inflation
  • 45 The reduction of unemployment
  • 47 Conflicting objectives

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